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COVID-19 online conference goes beyond social distancing

by Noelle Wang | Nov 18, 2020 | Uncategorized

2020-11-18 By Miriam Martinez, Psychology Class of 2023 and CITRIS Graphic Designer The “Converging COVID-19, environment, health, and equity” conference is the collaborative effort of UC Merced Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Colleen Naughton, her...

New Precision Ag Project would Help Farmers Measure Plant Moisture

by Noelle Wang | Nov 2, 2020 | Uncategorized

2020-11-02 By Lorena Anderson The base robot for the new plant-moisture-measuring system researchers are developing will navigate rows of crops to reach individual leaves and stems. One of the biggest challenges in managing crops, especially in large fields, is...

Fork in the Road Video Features Prof. Colleen Naughton

by Noelle Wang | Oct 13, 2020 | Uncategorized

2020-10-13 A new UC Merced docuseries focuses on food supply research The pandemic changed the way Americans consume food—and for many, exposed them to hunger and food insecurity. UC Merced Prof. Colleen Naughton received a CITRIS COVID-19 Seed Fund to solve the...

AI is For the Birds In a New Computer Science Project

by Noelle Wang | Sep 30, 2020 | Uncategorized

2020-09-30 By Leigh Bernacchi, UC Merced Bird species usually are counted twice a year by wildlife surveyors: once during the breeding season and again during the Christmas Bird Count. New technology, however, is increasing the accuracy of bird population studies. A...

UC Merced Brings NSF ‘Computer Science For All’ Program to Merced Schools

by Noelle Wang | Sep 21, 2020 | Uncategorized

2020-09-21 By Leigh Bernacchi, UC Merced The technology world is punctuated by startups, and UC Merced is “starting up” its own program to invigorate computer science education in the San Joaquin Valley. The National Science Foundation awarded a $300,000, two-year...

ACTIVATE Bringing Telehealth Services to Vulnerable Merced County Residents

by Noelle Wang | Sep 16, 2020 | Uncategorized

2020-09-16 By Lorena Anderson, UC Merced Telemedicine brings healthcare to where people are instead of making them travel to where doctors are. Researchers at the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) and the Banatao Institute...
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